| 单词 | convex |
| 释义 | convex (once / 2523 pages) adj If something is bulging outwards in a curve, it's convex in shape. The surface of a soccer balls, old television screens, and eyeballs are all convex in shape. One of the most famous uses of a convex shape are the curving mirrors in a fun house. Not to be confused with its popular partner, the concave mirror, which curves inwards. How can you tell which is which? If you look like you're three feet tall and weigh 300 pounds, you're looking in a convex mirror. If you look like you're twelve feet tall weigh 30 pounds, you're looking in a concave mirror. Enjoy! WORD FAMILYconvex: biconvex, convexity, convexly, convexness+/convexity: convexities USAGE EXAMPLESBalding and with a healthily convex beer gut, Eckhart is almost unrecognizable in the role. Time(Nov 17, 2016) The mud dragon’s upper jaw is highly convex at the front of its snout, which implies a specialized diet. National Geographic(Nov 10, 2016) Its glacial walls ripple and bulge, their surface punctured with convex semi-circular openings, forming a cliff-face of little mouths gaping in glee. The Guardian(Nov 04, 2016) adj curving or bulging outward Syn|Ant bulging bell-shaped having a convex shape that resembles a bell biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular, lentiformconvex on both sides; shaped like a lentil broken-backed, hogged(of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end convexo-concaveconvex on one side and concave on the other with the convexity being greater than the concavity gibbose, gibbous(used of the moon) more than half full helmet-shapedhaving the convex shape of a helmet planoconvexflat on one side and convex on the other umbel-like, umbellateresembling an umbel in form protrusivethrusting outward concave curving inward acetabular, cotyloid, cotyloidalof the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone biconcave, concavo-concaveconcave on both sides boat-shapedhaving a concave shape like a boat bowl-shapedhaving a concave shape with an open top like a bowl bursiform, pouch-shaped, pouchlike, saclikeshaped like a pouch concavo-convexconcave on one side and convex on the other with the concavity being greater than the convexity cuplikeresembling the shape of a cup cupular, cupulateshaped like (or supporting) a cupule dish-shaped, dished, patelliformshaped like a dish or pan planoconcaveflat on one side and concave on the other recessedresembling an alcove saucer-shapedhaving a concave shape like a saucer umbilicatedepressed like a navel urn-shapedhaving a concave shape like an urn intrusivethrusting inward |
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